Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: General
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We all went to see the NZ women’s soccer team play Canada at North Harbour Stadium this afternoon. A bit chilly by the end but an enjoyable time with the kids getting to see a good game played. Final result: Canada 3 – 0 NZ which was a fair reflection of the difference between the…
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In early January I submitted my PhD thesis (Greenflame » Submission) for examination, and then a couple of weeks ago (May 21) I had my oral defence of the thesis: Transhumanism and the imago Dei : Narratives of apprehension and hope. For the oral I met with my examination panel (The two NZ markers in…
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Up in the dark yesterday to take Mark to a soccer tournament in Whangarei. Returned in the dark too. Mark’s team (U11 Waitakere) played 6 games – won 4, lost 1 and drew 1. The team were happy, as they’re a new squad made up of players from various West Auckland clubs who’ve only had…
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If you know of someone theologically qualified and with an interest in sport then this might be of interest: Professor/Reader in Sport and Christian Outreach – University of Gloucestershire From my daily web surfing of job sites.
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This week I’ve had several conversations relating to communicating to the everyday church the insights of academic insight. How might the months or years of effort put into something like a Masters or PhD thesis result, not just in publications that speak in the language of the academy, but also to things that speak into…
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I’ve been skimming through John Waters’ book The Real Business of Web Design over the past couple of weeks. It’s been a refreshing change to read a book that talks about web design from a perspective that isn’t bogged down in the ‘how’ of what technologies will be used, but rather concentrates much more on…
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I love this cartoon strip! We had a fridge just like this one in the honours room back in the Canterbury computer science department. Inherited each year by the next generation of honours and masters students, the fridge was guaranteed to taint any item placed in it with a strange taste within an hour or…
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Links to a two-part post on the creation of immersive story worlds that span soaps, wrestling, and superhero comics. Interestingly, another post on the blog connects the worlds of soaps with comic books more explicitly using the example of DC’s recent 52 and Marvel’s Civil War. Not too surprising really, given that Star Trek and…
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I have a date for my viva voce! (The oral defense of my thesis.) Feels like Amos 5:18 as I begin to prepare for it. But then, I’m sure all thesis students defending their work like this feel the same way, and in less than three weeks it’ll be behind me, regardless of the outcome.…
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The cover story, “In the name of God,” from the Easter issue of the New Zealand Listener and which asks the question “Is religion dangerous?” is now available online. See Cover Story: In the name of God by Philip Matthews | New Zealand Listener. Interesting to see the writer interplay another thinker (Keith Ward) with…